A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Camuy in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:14:14 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 22:14:14 / December 28, 2017 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017362007. Unique identifier: pr2017362007. Exact location of event, longitude -66.874 West, latitude 18.5388 North, depth = 85 km.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Coamo, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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